The police have said that on Monday evening in Panipora forest area of North Kashmir’s Sopore, a gunfight broke out between militants and the security forces.
Kashmir Zone police tweeted “#Encounter has started at Panipora forest of #Zaloora area in #Sopore, Sopore Police and army on job. Further details shall follow.”
Reports have said that a joint team of police, Army’s 22, 9Para and 179 BN, 92BN CRPF launched a cordon as well as a search operation Panipora.
A police spokesman said that on Monday night, the police had recovered three magnetic IEDs that was attached as payload with drone and were brought down and were defused at Dayaran area of Kanachak in Jammu.
